PFB Community Grant

Overview

Our Mission

To get more people riding bikes more often. To make bike riding better for everyone.

Background

Since 1999, PeopleForBikes has created a prominent place for bikes in transportation, mobility and recreation decisions at all levels of government. We ensure bikes are prioritized and positioned as a real solution to improve Americans’ health, connect communities, boost local and state economies, strengthen our nation and protect our planet.

We accomplish this by being proactive and planning for the future, adopting a broad and inclusive vision for government affairs and making it convenient for leaders at all levels to take advantage of opportunities and legislation that prioritize bikes.

Together, we work with federal, state and local officials to make biking better for everyone.

Our Mission Pillars

* Empower Cities to Take Action
* PeopleforBikes inspires and empowers cities to take actions that get more people on bikes to promote healthier populations and a more livable planet.
* Create Connections
* We leverage technology, infrastructure, and content to 
make biking safer, easier to access, and more fun by 
encouraging diversity. 
* Support the Bike Industry
* We advance pro-bike business policies to support a thriving bike industry and the jobs it produces.

Community Grants

PeopleForBikes’ Bike Industry Community Grant Program supports bicycle infrastructure projects and targeted initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to bike. Grant amounts range from $5,000 to $10,000.

What We Fund

Our top priority is funding infrastructure projects that improve a community’s City Ratings score by building connections in a low-stress bikeway network or improving access to recreational amenities. Grants should support the material costs of infrastructure construction or non-material costs directly related and necessary to getting infrastructure built. Our priority is supporting efforts where grants make a difference, especially in support of communities impacted by historic disinvestment.

* Costs related to the development of permanent bike infrastructure, including trails, shared use paths, bike parks, pump tracks, bicycle playgrounds, neighborhood greenways/bike boulevards, and protected bike lanes
* Costs related to “quick-build” or “demonstration projects,” provided that any temporary infrastructure is part of a strategy to subsequently develop permanent infrastructure
* Land or easement acquisition costs for bike infrastructure
* Events or programs that support cultural acceptance and support of specific planned or recently constructed bike infrastructure projects, like “bike buses” or “community bike rides.” Such events or programs must show a connection between the event and organizing for permanent infrastructural improvements and must show a likelihood of permanence beyond the term of the grant.

Eligibility

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* The following entities are eligible for grants from PeopleForBikes’ Industry Community Grant Program.
* Non-profit organizations, including organizations relying upon a fiscal sponsor for their nonprofit status.
* Local or state government agencies or federal agencies working locally.
* Small businesses, such as bicycle retailers and community-oriented businesses serving disadvantaged communities.
* All organizations must be based in the United States.

Ineligibility

* What We Don't Fund
* Planning or engineering studies
* Maintenance or operating costs, except for one-time costs of operating an event designed to bring attention to an infrastructure project
* Cycling education programs, unless education is an element of an event designed to bring attention to an infrastructure project
* Bike giveaway programs
* Enforcement programs
* Races, clinics, or classes
* Bike recycling, repair, or earn-a-bike programs
* Start-up costs for businesses
* Projects outside the United States